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IES602 Political Science, advanced course, B 30.0 ECTS credits | |
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TIMEPERIOD: III + IV LANGUAGE:Swedish EXAMINER H Myrlund Univ adj PREREQUISITES Basic course. COURSE AIM - To broaden and deepen the students knowledge of political theory as well as other areas in the discipline of political science. - To give an understanding of methods and technics used in social science. - To train ones ability to treat questions within social science by writing and defending a scientific thesis. CONTENTS Course A: Political Theory. - How the political variety was observed by prominant figures within the discipline. - Classics like Marx, Weber and Durkheim are given an important scope in this course but even modern political theory is brought up. Course B: Own Choice 1-5 Course C: Method - To give the student the necessary analytical tools that are needed to carry out political analysis. - To study different scientific rules. - The formation of concepts and model construction to illustrate other methodical considerations, that must also be considered by the trained political scientist. - The study of quantitive and qualititive methods. Course D: Independent Thesis. - The idea behind an independent thesis is that the student formulates a number of questions which will be systematicly answered in the thesis. - The students thesis will be opposed by another student and vice versa. TEACHING EXAMINATION Written exams, seminars and group assignments. Grading system: Fail, Pass or Honours. COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G, VG ITEMS/CREDITS | |
| 9.00ECTS | |
| 1.50ECTS | |
| Written exam | 4.50ECTS |
| 3.00ECTS | |
| Written exam - Optional course | 4.50ECTS |
| 3.00ECTS | |
| Written exam | 4.50ECTS |
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COURSE LITTERATURE Course A: Political Theory. Kymlicka, W. (1995): Modern poltisk filosofi. En introduktion. Nya Doxa. Falun. Lewin, L. (1989): Det gemensamma bästa. Carlssons. Stockholm. Putnam, R. (1996): Den fungerande demokratin. SNS. Stockholm. Articles will be included later. Course B: Own Choice. Literature will be decided in consultation with student. Course C: Method Andersson, S. (1979): Positivism kontra hermeneutik. Korpen. Göteborg. Hammersly, M. ed. (1993): Social Research. Philosophy, Politics and Practice. Sage. London. Svenning, C. (1996): Metodboken. Lorentz. Lund. Course D: Independent Thesis. Literature will be decided in consultation with student. |
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